CICS Programming Question 1

[achuchman]

Okay, call me impatient, but here's the deal...

I'm installing a CICS in my residence to replace an aging Landmark...The KSU arrives today and I have all my phones, except the ONLY two line phone that I ordered, which is backlogged until next week.

I know that the CICS has a built-in RAD, and I was wondering if I can actually perform the initial start-up programming through the RAD with the Norstar software, or will I need start the programming with a 2-line display phone?

I would like to get the system installed and programmed this weekend because I blocked out the time to do it.

 

[senk1s]

NO to RAD startup (ivent ever done it)

in some version RAD was turned on by default, if so you can program

 

[achuchman]

Thanks! Hopefully it will be set-up as default...Unless anyone here in the NW Indiana area has a 2-line Norstar phone I can borrow... (Or I could just "borrow" one from the local Staples...)

 

[FletcherP]

Based on the conversation heard, I would suggest an installer with a background in Nortel setup and programming.

 

[achuchman]

I will manage just fine on my own...

Set up plenty of other systems, have studied the manuals from cover to cover...

IMHO, the CICS is much easier to set-up than some of the systems I have worked with in the past.

The I-RAD programming is not going to happen anyway. The old system had female amphenol ports, and the CICS has male (which I found out when it arrived today). So, all the phones will arrive before the new cables come.

While I am sure there are some do-it-yourselfers that come here with no telecom background at all...Luckily, I do not fall into that category. I have worked for 10+ years in the telecom industry and have worked with everything from copper to fiber long haul network switches...Setting up a PBX is a walk in the park.

BTW - I went back through the manual and discovered that you can set-up the CICS even if the I-RAD is not enabled in programming. Nice little back door method.